Supreme court told PM will ‘abide’ by any ruling but minister declines to say if MPs could be sent away again immediatelySupreme court grapples with dilemma of politics versus the lawBoris Johnson has given an undertaking to the supreme court that he will “abide” by any ruling it makes about recalling parliament but a government minister declined to be drawn about whether MPs could be sent away again immediately.Addressing an emergency hearing of the UK’s highest court, Lord Keen QC, who is a justice minister and one of the two lawyers representing the prime minister, resisted judicial requests for further pledges guaranteeing parliament’s return. Continue reading…
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